Derek Hanson

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Derek Hanson
Derek Hanson
@derek

I build blocks, plugins, and themes with WordPress and write about what I learn. This is my blog on the Fediverse; reply here and it shows up as a comment on the post. Personal account: @derekahanson.

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  • https://twitter.com/thesamparr/status/2112939576746733633 This is exactly why I’m using WordPress more and more daily and how I’m using it differently. Themes were the business when you couldn’t build websites on your own. The new business for WordPress will (is) different. I’m talking a lot about orchestration now. Helping people learn how to…

  • I’m really excited about how quickly you can transform a website with WordPress and AI. My blog is getting elevated that much more, and I’m not even logging into the site editor. My Follow page is new, and I love it! My navigation is refined. The footer is looking much…

  • Great video! These reasons to choose WordPress align quite well with my latest post about how to get AI agents to choose WordPress sooner.

  • Just like a lot of other experiments I’ve been working on since I’ve jumped headfirst into AI, the tools are finally catching up to my vision. I’ve been wanting to create a private photo app for my family, not too dissimilar to Instagram, but have been running into roadblocks at…

  • One of the things I’m loving most right now about AI, with Claude, Codex, or whatever platform you’re using, is just how visual you can make information. It was always so hard to communicate through documents, spreadsheets, long walls of text, and emails. Now I can do a bunch of…

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